reid

I think it’s a bit crass myself, in that it’s clearly a marketing clip designed to show the features of social media.

Fine.

Why use Christmas to do it, without at least once alluding to the real heart of Christmas which is the family and while you noticed it showed you how to connect, it didn’t show you connecting, in person, which is the heart of Christmas.

Pete George

Not necessarily eszett. Someone did, that’s all that is certain.

The Jesus Seminar in the United States has studied the infancy narratives from every angle and concludes only four elements are wholly reliable:
– Jesus was a descendant of Abraham.
– Joseph was Mary’s husband.
– Mary was Jesus’ mother.
– Jesus was born.

eszett

True, Pete, but I did not want to claim that Jesus was the bastard son of an adulterous Mary without much evidence.
Having said that, Joseph was quite secretive about it and did move to another town. Circumstantial evidence only.